Hey! I just invented a new phrase!
I was thinking of “dumping on” me, but it came out wrong.
Anyway, I’m posting it here for future dictionary editors who want to chronicle its first use. I assume it’s bound to take off soon.
“But Oppo, what does it mean?”
I don’t know. I just make up new phrases; I don’t define them. Stop deepin’ on me.
Scientists Trapped in Antarctica Plead For Help as Violence Breaks Out
Newsweek | 3/18/25A group of South African scientists has pleaded for help, saying they are trapped in an isolated base on a cliff edge in Antarctica with a team member who has become violent.
One of the team has been accused of assault and threatening violence against his colleagues, according to the South African newspaper The Sunday Times. South Africa’s environment minister confirmed that an assault had taken place.
The overwintering team, a group that remains in a remote and extreme environment during winter months, knew that 10 of their 15 months at the base would be spent in isolation but may now be in danger from one of their own members, who has been accused of being mentally unstable.
Mon ami, good to see you as I am hosting tonight. One small note is that the women from “Never say never” don’t show up in the ultimate Bond girl lists for some reason so their info and synopsis will be a bit different. Please bear with us.
Results
| Rosemund Pike | No Preference | Maryse Guy Mitsuoko |
|---|---|---|
| 215 | 5 | 45 |
| Rachel Grant | No Preference | Mie Hama |
|---|---|---|
| 201 | 4 | 43 |
New matches for 3/21/2025
Match 1
Akiko Wakabayshi (Mademoiselle La Porte) vs Valerie Leon (Lady in Bahamas; Hotel Receptionist)
Actress: Maryse Guy Mitsouko Nationality: French Bond Movie: Thunderball (1965) Synopsis:
Mlle. La Porte was Bond’s French liaison during his attendance of SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar’s funeral. She informs Bond that Bouvar passed away in his sleep, and as the two leave the funeral she ends with “Is there anything else our French station can do for Monsieur Bond?”, to which Bond replies, “Later, perhaps.”
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Birth Name: Valerie Therese Leon
Age: 81, born 12 November 1943
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Currently Residing In:
Spy who loved me ; James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.
Never say never again ; James Bond is called upon to try to recover nuclear bombs stolen by Spectre, but he will have to get rid of a professional assassin, hired especially to eliminate him.
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Match 2
Tsai Chin (Ling) vs Barbara Carerra (Fatima Blush)
Actress: Tsai Chin Nationality: Chinese Bond Movie: You Only Live Twice (1967) Synopsis:
In the opening scenes of the film, Bond is shown in bed with Ling, as the two discuss why Chinese girls taste different from all other girls. Ling gets up and presses a button that rockets the bed upwards into the wall, and two gunmen enter the room to kill Bond. It is later revealed to the audience that Ling was helping to stage Bond’s death in order to keep his enemies off his back.
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Birth Name: Barbara Kingsbury
Age: 79, born 31 December 1945
Country of origin:
Nicaragua
Currently Residing In:
United States
Returning to his villa, Bond finds Nicole killed by Blush. After a chase on his Q-branch motorbike, Bond finds himself in an ambush and is captured by Blush. She admits to being impressed with him, and forces Bond to declare in writing that she is his “Number One” sexual partner. Bond distracts her with promises, then uses his Q-branch fountain pen gun to kill Blush with an explosive dart.
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(Unfortunately, their longstanding policy is “No Substitutions”.)
Chinese scientists develop cancer treatment that makes tumors mimic ‘pork’ with 90% success
Anadolu Ajansı News ServiceChinese scientists have developed a pioneering cancer treatment that modifies tumors to resemble “pork,” effectively triggering the body’s immune system to attack them, according to a report by the South China Morning Post on Monday.
The researchers have engineered tumors to mimic pig tissue, prompting the immune system to recognize them as foreign and launch a targeted attack using the same response that leads to organ transplant rejection.
The study, published in Cell on Jan. 18, employs a genetically modified virus to disguise cancer cells as pig tissue, inducing a hyperacute immune rejection that specifically targets tumors while sparing healthy cells.
Early clinical trials have shown remarkable results, with 90% of patients suffering from advanced, treatment-resistant cancers experiencing either halted tumor growth or shrinkage.
One cervical cancer patient was even declared clinically cured.
This breakthrough offers new hope for patients whose cancers have not responded to conventional therapies, opening a promising new direction in oncology.
The research, led by Professor Zhao Yongxiang, director of the State Key Laboratory of Targeting Oncology at Guangxi Medical University, has gained widespread attention on Chinese social media.
Physicists Bend Time Inside a Diamond, Creating a Brand-New Phase of Matter
SciTech Daily | March 18, 2025 | Chris WoolstonA novel discovery has introduced “time crystals” and “time quasicrystals,” which operate on perpetual motion and could potentially transform quantum computing and precision measurements.
Physicists at Washington University have forged ahead in the field of quantum mechanics by creating a new phase of matter known as “time crystals” and the even more advanced “time quasicrystals.”
These groundbreaking materials defy traditional physics by maintaining perpetual motion and could revolutionize quantum computing and precision timekeeping by providing a stable, energy-conserving method of measuring time and storing quantum information.
Wow, another exciting set of matches done, another set to begin.
Results
| Barbara Bach | No Preference | Talisa Soto |
|---|---|---|
| 238 | 2 | 63 |
| Eva Green | No Preference | Sue Vanner |
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| 211 | 1 | 93 |
Matches for 3/19/2025
Match 1
Caroline Munro (Naomi) vs Catherina Murino (Solange Dimitrios)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| Caroline Munro | 2 – 0 – 0 | 283 – 1 – 101 |
Actress: Caroline Munro Nationality: English Bond Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Synopsis:
Naomi was an aid for Karl Stromberg, and escorted Bond and Anya Amasova to Stromberg’s oceanic citadel, the Atlantis. After Bond’s meeting ended, Stromberg instructed henchman Jaws to kill the two spies. In an intense chase sequence with Bond and Amasova driving a Lotus Esprit, Jaws shot at them from a car, another henchmen tried to kill them with a sidecar-missile, and Naomi tried to shoot them down from a helicopter. She met her end as Bond blew up her helicopter with a surface-to-air missile.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| Catherina Murino | 1 – 1 – 0 | 259 – 3 – 221 |
Actress: Catherina Murino Nationality: Italian Bond Movie: Casino Royale (2006) Synopsis:
Solange Dimitrios was the wife of Alex Dimitrios, a villain working for Le Chiffre. She joined Alex at a poker table, but was dismissed for being several hours late, and instead sat bored at the bar. At the end of the evening, her husband’s Aston Martin DB5 was brought round by the valet, and she went to get in. However, Bond had won the car in their poker game, and he used his charm to tempt her back to his place for a drink.
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Match 2
Olga Bisera (Felicca) vs Olga Kurylenko (Camille Montes)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| Olga Bisera | 0 – 2 – 0 | 55 – 2 – 292 |
Actress: Olga Bisera Nationality: Bosnian Bond Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Synopsis:
Felicca worked for Aziz Fekkesh, a black market dealer who was selling the microfilms of a submarine tracking system. Fekkesh instructed Felicca to entertain Bond, should he call round, so that henchman Sandor could kill him. In their brief time together, Felicca took a liking to Bond, and when she saw Sandor about to shoot him, she spun round and took the bullet herself.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| Olga Kurylenko | 1 – 1 – 0 | 288 – 5 – 169 |
Actress: Olga Kurylenko Nationality: French Bond Movie: Quantum of Solace (2008) Synopsis:
Camille Montes was a Bolivian agent who’s family was murdered by General Medrano. She slept with Medrano’s business acquaintance Dominic Greene to try and get close enough to Medrano to enact revenge. The plan failed and she was almost killed, so Camille teamed up with Bond to kill Medrano and Greene.
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Mental health advisory board member’s bizarre pronoun stuns meeting
Daily Mail UK | March 13, 2025 | Samantha RuttA member of Oregon’s Health Authority (OHA) on best practices and policies in mental health said they identify as a ‘turtle’ during a state panel meeting.
JD Holt, who also goes by ‘JD Terrapin’ on Facebook, announced that they use ‘they, them and turtle’ for their preferred pronouns during a December meeting.
‘Hello everybody, it’s JD. I use they, them and turtle for my pronouns. I’m in the Springfield-Eugene area and I get to be part of the council,’ Holt said during a virtual advisory council meeting.
Holt is one of roughly two dozen ‘consumers’ on the OHA’s Consumer Advisory Council.
The council, established by administrative statute, is appointed by OHA Director Sejal Hathi, who was appointed by the state’s Democratic Governor, Tina Kotek.
According to a website that documents the ongoing list of non-binary genders, Gender Wiki, ‘turtlegender,’ sometimes called ‘tortoisegender,’ is ‘a xenogender identity in which one feels a gendered connection to turtles.’
‘One may feel their gender is replaced by a “turtle,” or their gender is best described with the use of turtles,’ the site reads.
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Peculiar behavior is not uncommon at the OHA as at an earlier meeting another member was also heard using unexpected pronouns, introducing themselves as ‘Luke A Shooting Star.’
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Lynda Carter vs Loni Anderson
Lynda Carter (2-0-0 Pts. 196 Avg. 98.00)
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Loni Anderson (1-1-0 Pts. 154 Avg. 77.00)
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Deidre Hall vs Pamela Hensley
Deidre Hall (0-2-0 Pts. 48 Avg. 24.00)
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Pamela Hensley (0-2-0 Pts. 73 Avg. 36.50)
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